With beautifully passionate vocal
crescendos and a rhythm and beat reminiscent of traditional chanting circles, Stone 588's "L'Envoi Morts" appeared on the "Witchcraft" Cleopatra compilation as well as the band's sophomore cd, Midnight Claret.
female
gothic
goth
darkwave
ethereal
Story behind the song
When an interest in exploring the roots of voodoo and other types of pagan spirituality coincided with an opportunity to submit a track for a witchraft-themed Cleopatra compilation, the band released this recording of the tribal-sounding "L'Envoi Morts."
Lyrics
Midnight hands
Beat unhallowed drums
Serene beasts changing skins
Rite of malediction fatally cast
Bound jaw and delirious fire
Imminent death
Soul-less narcosis
Venemous toxin
- prick the skin, poison
- suffocation, L'Envoi Morts
Terror swallows the tongue
Begotten of rumbling fire & shooting star
Black like the halo of the moon
Earth of the crossroads & thunderstones
Dispelling death's spell
Immersion in water transforms blood
As toad and serpent clash
The loa takes possession
Into the night of the baka
Not for innocent eyes
- Prick the skin, Poison
Suffocation, L'Envoi Morts
Terror swallows the tongue
Begotten of rumbling fire & shooting star
Black like the halo of the moon
Corps cadavre - ti bon ange
Wet mo nan dlo - zombi savanne